Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 3 Jun 1937, p. 43

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Classes for children will also meet at Il a. in. in Foundation hall as usual. On Saturday evening, May 29, Bti- hai's of the north shore and Chicago met in the House.of Worship to coin- -renmorate "the ascension.of Baha'u'l-ý lah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith," Who passed from this world on May 29, 1892, in, the prison city of Acca, Pale stine, at. the.age of 75,- havig been since a'young.man..a persecuted, religiouts prisoner. of .the>'Turkish goveriment. It is, related by the Baha'is: ."Be- cause of the changes ini the existing, coôrrupt order of thîigs* which his pure teachinigs would necessarily have entailed, he wvas exiled from- Bagh- dad, to Constantinople, Adrianople,. an(l finally to the noisome prison city of Acca. So dreadful1 was this city that, of. it used to be said that 'birds' N -ing ôvter it, would drop. dead'. "During the captivity of this blarncless mani he wilite anid sent forth his -great books and tablets, to the kiings, governm ents and the people; out standing .being his great book of laws, the Aq'das which con- tains lavvs and the solution for the inany probleis ,vhicli perpiex the wvorld today."' 20, 21>.. Among. the. citations which coin- prised the lesson-sermion was the fol- lowing froin the Bible: "No w'eapon that is formed against thee shall pros- per, and every tongue that shall rise against thee ini judgment 'thoushaît condemin. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and'their right- eousness s of me, saiththe Lord" (Isaiah 54- 17). The lesson-sermon also included., the. follôwing pas sages f romt the Christian Science, textbook, "Science and Health . with Keyjr to the* Scrip- tures," by Mary Baker Eddy: Who- ever uses ýhis developed: mental, powers 1 'ike -an escaped felon.,to coin- mit fresh atrocities as opportunity occurs is neyer safe. God will arrest hum. Divine justice wilI manacle' him" (P. &) RETURNS FROM WEST Mrs. J.~ A. Culbertson of 220 Mel-, rose avenue, Keniiworth, recently re- tjurned home f rom California, having spent the winter in--Pasadena. 9t9 ýHere. is, milk- that's really différent . .delicious,, cleanm, f resh. Try a quart, or two today ... that's the .only way to discover ýits better >fiav o r!fPh o ne Greenleaf '0677. YoulI admit that it's the best you Ve ever tastedi For Immediate, Evenin G owns Hubbard Woods, 111. AlSales. Final! Si, il III] Ill Illitel m Ili tilII11(iiiiiiiii Il Ili il [III il lit III Ill Ili 1 il lui Ili il ILI Ili Imil il IIIIII il il Ili killuil Ilu i Ili

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